train dream                
     
                                       
                                         
                                         
                                          
               (situation)                
                                          
 you  find   yourself   in  a  rift  -  a 
  clearing, narrow but immeasurably long. 
 to  your sides are walls made  of trees, 
 thick and ready to swallow you. the  sun 
 is  nowhere to  be seen,  but nontheless 
 it is very bright - the  air feels light 
           blue, almost white.            
                                          
 along the span  of the clearing lay  two 
     parallel silvery lines, dark hard    
 metal.  somehow you can  see  how  heavy 
                they are.                 
                                          
 they  emit  a  high   pitched   whine... 
                                          
                                         
                                     
                                         
                                          
                (situation)               
                                          
 youre  at   the  train station,   on   a 
 catwalk above the  rails. your train  is 
 late,  or  you  are late  to  the train. 
 it's a summer afternoon  and the station 
 is  busy,  full  of  relaxed confidence. 
                                          
 you're  in high spirits, although  a bit 
 stressed about  the  time, while  moving 
 up  the  stairs  to  your  platform. the 
 station  is  in   several  levels,   all 
     placed within eachother by some      
    intelligent designer, and full of     
       stairs, elevators, shortcuts,      
 bazaars... you  sight your train through 
 some glass  windows.  it's... not  where 
           it's supposed to be?           
                                          
                                         
                                     
                                         
                                          
                (situation)               
                                          
 you're finally  entering the city. while 
 it is  indeed a  very  high  speed train 
 you're traveling  in,  the  journey  has 
 been  long.   but  it's  about  to  end! 
                                          
 society  is  growing denser around  you, 
 through the windows  you see first small 
 shacks,  built of  metal and stone, then 
 proper  houses with mortar to  keep them 
 together...  who in turn  make  way  for 
   the industrial buildings, the urban    
      maze, protective walls, jungle      
                network...                
                                          
 the tracks  leave  the  ground, which is 
 needed  for  other  purposes.  you   are 
  carried gently, curving upwards until   
 you're  moving upward along the  wall of 
 a  building. it's made  of slabby stone, 
     with great glassless window holes    
 looking out  the  way  you  came. it  is 
            pitch black inside.